Síonfest 3

After the Semi Final success of Daléríqa it was announced that the format of the Nation Final will change due to the fact that there was some complaints claiming that there is not enough representation of all of Daléríqa. It was announced on the 10th that there will be a national televote to pick 4 artists to participate in the Final, where they will each perform 2 songs each. The artists were revealed on the 15th on the "Maia Síon Reviás" which was hosted by Jeannie Mai.

Following the final of the Maia Song Contest, HoD Adrian Posteraro announced yet another shake-up for the National Final due to public dissatisfaction and artists being divas.

Final
A playlist can be found here.

Ricky Martin
On the 2nd of August was announced that popular singer Ricky Martin was going to participate in the contest, this was a contentious issue due to the relationship that Martin has with HoD, Adrian Posteraro. Many fans believe that this is unfair because Posteraro and Martin are in a relationship that Posteraro might stack the odds in his favour.

Disqualification of Pastora Soler
On the 14th of August, just before the televoting was to begin it was found that Soler had been bribing Polhtá, the company in charge of the televoting, so ensure that she was to advance to the Finals. Due to this Soler was banned for being able to participate in the next 5 Síonfest editions and as punishment she is only allowed to listen to Delta Goodrem music until the ban is lifted.

Selena Gomez Meltdown
On the 26th of August, Selena Gomez had a meltdown whilst rehearsing for her performance, this included her spouting racist remarks about the people of Björnska and complaining that the Maia Song Contest is run by a corrupt group of people. Following these remarks, DBN was forced to disqualify her from any National Finals. She is now taking refuge in the forests of Daléríqa living off the moss covered rocks and listening to Demi Lovato all the while crying about her lost friendship with the crazy and deluded Zycantian singer.

Arkaystian Approval of Winner
The head of the Arkaystian delegation for the Maia Song Contest publicly tweeted that she was extremely happy with the winner of Síonfest 3 which caused speculation that she had paid off the Arkaystian jury to vote for Lady Leshurr, who received 12 points off the Arkaystian jury. Dani Slavica stated that the claims were "dumbfounded" and that the issue was "not up for debate".